Denys Kulakov

{{short description|Ukrainian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Denys Kulakov

| image = Denys Kulakov2014.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Kulakov in 2014

| fullname = Denys Yermylovych Kulakov

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|05|01}}

| birth_place = Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Right-back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Shakhtar Donetsk Youth

| years1 = 2003 | clubs1 = Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2003–2005 | clubs2 = Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | caps2 = 44 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2004–2008 | clubs3 = Shakhtar Donetsk | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2006–2007 | clubs4 = → Illichivets Mariupol (loan) | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2007–2008 | clubs5 = → Vorskla Poltava (loan) | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2008–2011 | clubs6 = Vorskla Poltava | caps6 = 85 | goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2011–2014 | clubs7 = Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | caps7 = 39 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2014–2015 | clubs8 = Metalist Kharkiv | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2015–2024 | clubs9 = Ural Yekaterinburg | caps9 = 230 | goals9 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2005 | nationalteam1 = Ukraine U-19 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2006–2007 | nationalteam2 = Ukraine U-21 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam3 = Ukraine | nationalcaps3 = 2 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate = 25 May 2024

| ntupdate = 30 July 2014

}}

{{family name hatnote|Yermylovych|Kulakov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

Denys Yermylovych Kulakov ({{langx|uk|Дени́с Єрми́лович Кулако́в}}, born 1 May 1986) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right-back.

Club career

On 2 February 2022, Kulakov extended his contract with Ural Yekaterinburg to June 2023.{{cite press release|publisher=Ural Yekaterinburg|url=https://fc-ural.ru/novosti/glavnaya-komanda/denis-kulakov-prodlil-kontrakt-s-uralom|title=Денис Кулаков продлил контракт с "Уралом"|date=2 February 2022|access-date=8 February 2022|language=ru}} On 15 March 2022, Kulakov's contract with Ural was suspended until 30 June 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite press release|publisher=FC Ural Yekaterinburg|url=https://fc-ural.ru/novosti/glavnaya-komanda/denis-kulakov-pokinul-fk-ural|title=Денис Кулаков покинул ФК "Урал"|date=13 March 2022|access-date=15 March 2022|language=ru}} On 6 June 2023, Kulakov extended his contract with Ural for the 2023–24 season.{{cite web|publisher=FC Ural Yekaterinburg|url=https://fc-ural.ru/novosti/glavnaya-komanda/nash-kapitan-s-nami-eshhyo-na-god|title=Наш капитан с нами ещё на год!|date=6 June 2023|language=ru}}

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|match played 1 June 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan=2|Club

!rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=3|League

!colspan=2|Cup

!colspan=2|Continental

!colspan=2|Other

!colspan=2|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shakhtar-3 Donetsk

|2003–04

|Ukrainian Second League

|7

0colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–70
rowspan=4|Shakhtar-2 Donetsk

|2003–04

|Ukrainian First League

|20

2colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–202
2004–05

|Ukrainian First League

|12

1colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–121
2005–06

|Ukrainian First League

|12

0colspan=2|–colspan=2|–colspan=2|–120
colspan=2|Total

!44

3000000443
rowspan=4|Shakhtar Donetsk

|2003–04

|Ukrainian Premier League

|1

10000colspan=2|–11
2004–05

|Ukrainian Premier League

|1

00010colspan=2|–20
2005–06

|Ukrainian Premier League

|0

01000colspan=2|–10
colspan=2|Total

!2

110100041
rowspan=3|Illychivets Mariupol

|2005–06

|Ukrainian Premier League

|6

020colspan=2|–colspan=2|–80
2006–07

|Ukrainian Premier League

|21

140colspan=2|–colspan=2|–251
colspan=2|Total

!27

1600000331
rowspan=5|Vorskla Poltava

|2007–08

|Ukrainian Premier League

|18

020colspan=2|–colspan=2|–200
2008–09

|Ukrainian Premier League

|26

151colspan=2|–colspan=2|–312
2009–10

|Ukrainian Premier League

|29

310201{{efn|One appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup}}0333
2010–11

|Ukrainian Premier League

|30

110colspan=2|–colspan=2|–311
colspan=2|Total

!103

59120101156
rowspan=4|Dnipro

|2011–12

|Ukrainian Premier League

|20

01010colspan=2|–220
2012–13

|Ukrainian Premier League

|9

00000colspan=2|–90
2013–14

|Ukrainian Premier League

|10

00060colspan=2|–160
colspan=2|Total

!39

0107000470
Metalist Kharkiv

|2014–15

|Ukrainian Premier League

|16

13170colspan=2|–262
rowspan=10|Ural Yekaterinburg

|2015–16

|Russian Premier League

|26

010colspan=2|–colspan=2|–270
2016–17

|Russian Premier League

|30

020colspan=2|–colspan=2|–320
2017–18

|Russian Premier League

|30

010colspan=2|–4{{efn|name=FNLCUP|Appearances in the FNL Cup}}0350
2018–19

|Russian Premier League

|28

160colspan=2|–2{{efn|name=FNLCUP}}0361
2019–20

|Russian Premier League

|28

030colspan=2|–1{{efn|name=FNLCUP}}0320
2020–21

|Russian Premier League

|25

030colspan=2|–colspan=2|–280
2021–22

|Russian Premier League

|18

010colspan=2|–colspan=2|–190
2022–23

|Russian Premier League

|19

0100colspan=2|–colspan=2|–290
2023–24

|Russian Premier League

|26

060colspan=2|–2{{efn|Appearances in the relegation play-offs}}0340
colspan=2|Total

!230

133000902721
colspan=3|Career total

!468

1253217010054814

=Notes=

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